CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (Nasdaq: BHF) announced today the commencement of cash tender offers for (i) up to an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of its 3.700% Senior Notes due 2027 and (ii) up to an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of its 4.700% Senior Notes due 2047 from each registered holder of the Notes. The Offers are being made pursuant to and are subject to the terms and conditions, including a financing condition, set forth in the Offer to Purchase for Cash, dated November 10, 2020 and the related Letter of Transmittal, dated November 10, 2020. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this press release have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase.
| Title ofSecurity | CUSIPNumber | PrincipalAmountOutstanding | TenderCap(1) | ReferenceU.S.Treasury Security | BloombergReferencePage(2) | FixedSpread(basis points) | EarlyTenderPremium(3) | HypotheticalTotalConsideration(4) |
| 3.700%SeniorNotes due 2027 | 10922NAC7/10922NAA1 | $1,500,000,000 | $100,000,000 | 0.625%UST due8/15/2030 | PX1 | 130 | $50.00 | $1,085.78 |
| 4.700%SeniorNotes due 2047 | 10922NAF0/ 10922NAD5/ U6225NAB8 | $1,500,000,000 | $100,000,000 | 1.25%UST due5/15/2050 | PX1 | 275 | $50.00 | $1,033.29 |
| (1) The Tender Cap for each series will be based on the aggregate principal amount with respect to such series. | ||||||||
| (2) The applicable page on Bloomberg from which the Lead Dealer Managers will quote the bid side prices of the applicable U.S. Treasury Security. In the above table, “UST” denotes a U.S. Treasury Security. | ||||||||
| (3) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase in the applicable Offer at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline. | ||||||||
| (4) The Total Consideration for each series of Notes, which will be determined as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, will be inclusive of the Early Tender Premium but exclusive of Accrued Interest and will be based on the fixed spread specified above plus the Reference Yield of the Reference U.S. Treasury Security, to be determined by the Dealer Managers based on certain quotes available at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Tender Offer Price Determination Date, which is expected to be November 25, 2020. The hypothetical Total Consideration per $1,000 principal amount of each series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and accepted for purchase in the applicable Offer, is based on a hypothetical Reference Yield determined as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on November 9, 2020, assuming an Early Settlement Date of November 27, 2020 for each series of Notes, and excludes Accrued Interest. The actual Reference Yield used to determine the actual Total Consideration for each series of Notes will be calculated on the Tender Offer Price Determination Date. This information is provided for illustrative purposes only. The Company makes no representation with respect to the actual Total Consideration that may be paid with respect to each series of Notes and such amounts may be greater or less than those shown depending on the Reference Yield as of the Tender Offer Price Determination Date. | ||||||||
All documentation relating to the Offers, including the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, together with any updates, are available from the Information Agent and the Tender Agent, as set forth below. The Tender Offer Documents set forth a complete description of the terms and conditions of the Offers. Holders are urged to read the Tender Offer Documents carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offers.
Purpose of the Offers
The purpose of the Offers, together with the related financing consisting of the contemporaneous offering of one or more series of depositary shares representing interests in one or more new series of our non-cumulative preferred stock, is to refinance the Notes of each series that are validly tendered and accepted for purchase in the Offers.
Details of the Offers
Each Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 9, 2020, or any other date and time to which the Company extends such Offer (such date and time, as the same may be extended with respect to each series of Notes, the “Expiration Time”), unless earlier terminated. You must validly tender your Notes at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 24, 2020 (such date and time, as the same may be extended with respect to each series of Notes, the “Early Tender Deadline”) to be eligible to receive the Total Consideration, which includes the applicable Early Tender Premium for each series of Notes set forth in the table above. If you tender your Notes after the Early Tender Deadline, but at or prior to the Expiration Time, with respect to any Notes accepted for purchase you will only be eligible to receive the Tender Offer Consideration, which is an amount equal to the Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Premium. If the Company extends the Expiration Time, Early Tender Deadline, Tender Offer Price Determination Date or the Withdrawal Deadline with respect to either Offer, it may or may not extend it with respect to the other Offer in its sole discretion.
Notes may be withdrawn at or prior to, but not after, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 24, 2020 (such date and time, as the same may be extended with respect to each series of Notes, the “Withdrawal Deadline”).
The “Total Consideration” per $1,000 principal amount of Notes of each series validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offers will be determined by reference to the fixed spread specified for the applicable series of Notes plus the yield based on the bid side price of the applicable U.S. Treasury Security specified in the table above for each series of Notes, as described in the Offer to Purchase, as calculated by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (together, the “Lead Dealer Managers”) at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on November 25, 2020 (subject to certain exceptions, such time and date, as the same may be extended with respect to each series of Notes, the “Tender Offer Price Determination Date”). In addition to the Tender Offer Consideration or Total Consideration, as applicable, all Holders of Notes accepted for purchase will also receive accrued and unpaid interest rounded to the nearest cent from the last applicable interest payment date up to, but not including, the applicable Settlement Date (with respect to each series of Notes, the “Accrued Interest”).
If an Offer is not fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Deadline, subject to the applicable Tender Cap, Notes of the applicable series validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline will be accepted for purchase in priority to Notes of such series validly tendered after such Early Tender Deadline. If an Offer is fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Deadline, no Notes of the applicable series tendered after the Early Tender Deadline will be accepted for purchase. Subject to applicable law, the Company may increase or decrease the Tender Cap with respect to an Offer without extending the Early Tender Deadline or Withdrawal Deadline for such Offer.
Notes of a series may be subject to proration (rounded down to the nearest $1,000 and to avoid the purchase of Notes in a principal amount other than $2,000 or in an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) if the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such series validly tendered and not validly withdrawn is greater than the applicable Tender Cap.
Payment for Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline and accepted for purchase will be made promptly following such Early Tender Deadline on the Early Settlement Date. The Company anticipates that the Early Settlement Date for the Offers will be November 27, 2020. Payment for Notes that are validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline but at or prior to the Expiration Time and accepted for purchase will be made promptly following such Expiration Time on the Final Settlement Date. If any notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Deadline are accepted for purchase, the Company anticipates that the Final Settlement Date for the Offers will be December 11, 2020. No tenders will be valid if submitted after the Expiration Time.
If you validly tender your Notes at or prior to the Withdrawal Deadline, you may validly withdraw those tendered Notes at any time at or prior to the Withdrawal Deadline, but not thereafter, except in certain limited circumstances where additional withdrawal rights are required by law (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion). In the event of termination of an Offer, Notes of the applicable series tendered pursuant to such Offer will be promptly returned. Notes tendered pursuant to an Offer and not purchased due to proration or a defect in the tender will be returned to the tendering Holders promptly following the Expiration Time.
Each Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions, including, without limitation, the receipt by the Company prior to the Expiration Time of gross proceeds of at least $200,000,000 from the Company’s contemporaneous offering of one or more series of depositary shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the prospectus related to such offering (the “Financing Condition”). The Company shall have no obligation to purchase any Notes validly tendered by the Early Tender Deadline or the Expiration Time unless the Financing Condition has been satisfied as of the Early Settlement Date. The Company reserves the absolute right, subject to applicable law, to: (i) waive any and all conditions to an Offer, including, without limitation, the Financing Condition; (ii) extend or terminate an Offer; (iii) increase, decrease or eliminate the Tender Cap for an Offer without extending the Early Tender Deadline or Withdrawal Deadline; or (iv) otherwise amend an Offer in any respect. Neither of the Offers is conditioned upon consummation of the other Offer nor on any minimum amount of Notes being tendered.
About Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
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